rickshaw Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 (edited) How do we struggle so much against Boston? The Leafs, are holding them to absolutely nothing. The Leafs?? I think Toronto is better and we pumped em for 9. So strange. I know it’s playoffs. It I feel like we could beat bothe these teams if we were in. Edited May 5 by rickshaw Quote
bunomatic Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 3 hours ago, dudacek said: I think it’s weird how some things fix themselves in people’s minds. In it’s genesis, “don’t block the kids” was about force-feeding the Botterill leftovers Thompson, Cozens, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Jokiharju key ice time to accelerate their development, build their confidence and see what the team had. By and large, it did what it was supposed to do. The team improved notably and those players pretty significantly. Year 2, it was about giving the 2nd wave - Power, Quinn, Samuelsson, Krebs and Peterka - a similar opportunity, but in mid-roster roles.Those players were younger and predictably didn’t have the same impact. But they did show they belong, and the guys in front of them took big jumps. By and large people were happy with the improvement and were predicting good things ahead. Year 3, “don’t block the kids” wasn’t really a thing. I mean, I guess it was in goal, but it also kinda worked in goal. Elsewhere, they didn’t hand jobs to Rousek and Rosen and Kulich and Ryan Johnson. Instead, they blocked the kids, re-signing Girgensons, and Okposo and Jost, and adding Robinson and Clifton and Greenway and Erik Johnson. It wasn’t not blocking the kids that killed last year’s team, it was the fact that most of the above veterans sucked. And they sucked while Thompson, Tuch, Skinner and Cozens - all of whom all now count as vets - also sucked. The players who stepped up - UPL and Peterka - happened to be the kids who weren’t blocked. This “not blocking” hasn’t been the problem for Adams some of you make it out to be. Rather, it’s been putting together a consistent, focused and complete team. I agree with the not putting together a consistant, focused and complete team but when you are still the youngest team in the league and also playing under an internal cap that the moronic owner insists on you are not really putting anyone in a position to win or develop and we can see that in the results. With the youngest team in the league I have to question if the ‘ don’t block the kids ‘ has actually stopped. Add the questionable coaching staff and coaching decisions and you have a perfect storm of mediocrity. This team has to do better. 1 Quote
OverPowerYou Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 I can’t wait to see a Lindy Ruff trained team take on these phony teams 2 Quote
stinky finger Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Come on Toronto! Eliminate those ****ing Bruins!! 1 1 Quote
Doohicksie Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 That felt inevitable. The Lesser Satan defeats the Great Satan. 1 1 1 Quote
SABRES 0311 Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Good job BOS! Now do us another favor and lose round two. 2 2 Quote
Doohicksie Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Just now, SABRES 0311 said: Good job BOS! Now do us another favor and lose round two. 1 Quote
Buffalonill Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 It's always a good day when the Leafs lose in the first round a great tradition 2 2 2 Quote
SabresBillsFan Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 1 minute ago, SABRES 0311 said: Good job BOS! Now do us another favor and lose round two. ^ This but take out that douche Tkachuk first! Just now, Buffalonill said: It's always a good day when the Leafs lose in the first round a great tradition They are built all wrong. Way too much money on a handful of offensive players. 1 Quote
Second Line Center Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Lindholm was awesome. Dahlin makes that play a lot to you could see it coming as soon as Pasta took off. Quote
... Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Well, there it is. Let the psychotic break down in Toronto commence. 1 Quote
SABRES 0311 Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Just now, ... said: Well, there it is. Let the psychotic break down in Toronto commence. 1 1 Quote
... Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 Just now, ... said: Well, there it is. Let the psychotic break down in Toronto commence. If anyone wants to watch the very beginnings of it. Quote
SabresBillsFan Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 1 minute ago, ... said: Well, there it is. Let the psychotic break down in Toronto commence. Neither one of those teams are going to represent the East anyway. Both of those two teams are the worst of the remaining teams in the East. Quote
SABRES 0311 Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 4 minutes ago, SabresBillsFan said: ^ This but take out that douche Tkachuk first! They are built all wrong. Way too much money on a handful of offensive players. Hell yeah they’re built wrong. All flash, no bang. Quote
PerreaultForever Posted May 5 Report Posted May 5 3 hours ago, dudacek said: And how do you build that when you have no proven veterans in your organization and very few outside the organization want to play for you? 3 years ago, when this started, our "veterans" were Skinner, Okposo, Girgenson, Eakin, Coilin Miller, Pysyk, Hagg and Anderson. And there was nobody for Mitts and Thompson and the rest of compete with for prime ice. Now they are Skinner, Thompson, Tuch, Cozens, Greenway, Dahlin, Jokiharju, Clifton And there is plenty of bodies for Benson and Kulich and the rest to compete with. I mean, you're not wrong with bold, but you also act like they haven't been trying to move toward that, and that it doesn't take time for the talent to be developed and acquired. I mean the year we just finished was probably the first time we could have reasonably expected to be close to that under this rebuild. You can't snap your fingers and voila. That was a CHOICE. I'm not going to get into the nobody wants to play for you because if that is true fold the tent now, the kids won't want to play for you eventually either. I don't believe it's true. Bruins had no cap room so they filled their roster with cast offs and retreads. Boquist, Van Reimsdyk, Danton Heinin was on a PTO and scored double digits for them. I guess you can argue that players want to play there but idk I think they just want to play. Colin Miller's still playing by the way. There's veterans all over the place, like on those AHL teams Rochester is playing. How you build your franchise and how you construct your roster is a CHOICE. Kevyn Adams may eventually be able to say look, I told you to be patient, and maybe it'll all come together but so far not so much. What we do this off season will matter a lot. I can't wait to see how many heads explode around here when the Bruins sign Crosby this off season 🙂 Quote
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